Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice Release!

 Hello, hello!  It has been a while since I last posted.  Been in a bit of a creative slump when it comes to card making.  But I did get three small cross-stitches that I completed turned into little pillows!  I did, however, manage to make two cards using the sweet Nutcracker Christmas stamp set from the new And Everything Nice release from Simon Says Stamp.  You can find the release right here.   Let's look at what I made.

One of the images in the set is Clara dancing with her nutcracker.  I decided to color her up in a pretty shade of purple using Copic markers.  The nutcracker was colored simply in a red and black combo.  After I finished coloring the image I trimmed her out with my scissors.  I also added some highlights to her.  I die cut a Simon Says Stamp tag and adhered her to the tag.  For more interest I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Branching Corner Holly die from white cardstock.  I added glossy accents to the berries and then covered the berries with Rock Candy glitter.  After the pieces were dry, I arranged them behind the tag, adhering everything with glue to the purple cardstock I die cut using a Simon Says Stamp A2 frames die.  For a little more interest, I stamped one of the candies from the set and colored it using the same grouping of markers that I used for Clara's dress.  Glossy accents was added to the candy along with Rock Candy glitter.  When it was dry I carefully trimmed it out and adhered it to the top of the tag.  Because I glued everything flat on the card I was able to add my sentiment at the end.  Sometimes I get so into creating the overall design I forget about where to put the sentiment.  Thankfully there was room in that corner!  The Just Us Girls challenge is celebrating their 800th challenge!  I'm going to add this little cutie to the challenge gallery.  Congrats to JUGs!  Here's to 800 more challenges!

Now on to my next card!  

It was at the point when I started to make this card that my creative slump really kicked in.  I stamped the colored the little candy prince (at least that is what I'm calling him) in shades of blue using Copic markers, but then I just couldn't figure out what to do with him.    Let things go for awhile and then decided to stamp the drum on a die cut panel of white cardstock and place my little candy prince that I had fussy cut out on top.  I colored the drum using the same blues as I used for the prince to keep things cohesive.   I also decided to stamp the little candies from the set around him, color them with the same blues and then add glossy accents to the candies along with Rock Candy glitter.  The feather on his hat and his scepter also received glossy accents and Rock Candy glitter.   Now what to do about the sentiment, lol!  Almost let it off, but then decided to go a little "old school" and stamp it on white cardstock, trim it down and add a layer behind it of the same blue cardstock used for the base.   

Well, that is it for me.  You can find the entire And Everything Nice release here on the Simon Says Stamp website.   If you wish to shop the release you can use the link over on the sidebar.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.